Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-02
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Granting of Diplomas-ResOlutions Re-
garding Publication of Books, etc.

Granting of DiplOmas-Resolution Re
garding Publication of Books, etc.
The State Board of Education met yes
terday at 10 a. NJ. in accordance with the
call of the Secretary issued last Saturday.
The meeting was held in the office of Gov
ernor Bartlett, at his request, all the menu
bers being present, and Governor Bartlett
in the chair.
Educational diplomas were granted to
the following-named persons: Ida E.
Hughes. Henry A. Burr, Kate A. Kollmyer,
Annie I. O'Brien, Mary L. Brown, Lille
Blue, Anthony Huffaker, Grace Mallon,
Mary T. A. Mulgrew, Ella Creighton, Lizzie
Matthews, Mary Sinott Weber Clara Mont
gomery, Sarah H. Smith, Sidney Ella
Holyer, Herver W. Chapman, Cora A.
Simpson, Fred C. Burrell George W. Sell
man, Annie E. Sheets, Harriet w. Benja-
MN, Marguerite N. Moore, Emma Stock
ton.
Life diplomas were granted to the fol-
lowing-named persons Mary A. Hoogs.
Virginia G. Ingram, Harriet 4. Spalding,
Clara G. Elkins, George Herbert Kimball,
James w. Cutler, Helen n. Pardee, Henry
Bateman, Charles B. Crane, Eulalia A. Day,
Lizzie B. Little, Marguerite D. Blackstaff,
Miriam Silver, Dennis F. Raglan, Louise
Donnelly, Ella A. Newberry, Jennie S.
Merritt, w. w. Crane. E. Z. Grinnel, w.
A. Kirkwood, Mary Phelps, Marshall C.
Dow, Katherine NJ. Riehl, Mary ]. Pagan,
Nellie Aitken.
The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted
Resolred, That the prices Of the Readers and
Speller of the State series, TOR the year com
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be and the same is hereby fixed as follows, and
the same prices shall be fixed from date till July
l. 1887 First Reader at Sacramento, 10 cents;
by mail, 20 cents; by retail dealers, 20 cents.
Second Reader at Sacramento 50 cents: by
mail, 3S cents; by retail dealers 35 cents. Third
Reader at Sacramento, 40 cents by mail, %
cents; by retail dealers, so cents. Speller and
Word Analysis, at Sacramento, 20 cents; by
mail &c cents; by retail dealers, % cents.
These prices do not change the rates
heretofore established by mail, but reduce
the price of the Second Reader, when sold
by dealers, three cents, of the Third Reader,
two cents, and of the Speller, one cent, thus
making the price of each book, when sold
by dealers, a multiple of five, and reduc-
ing the price of the four books by six cents.
The action of President Bartlett and Sec
rotary Hoitt, on the 25th, in ordering 25,000
copies of the Arithmetic printed and bound,
was unanimously approved.
The following resolutions were unan-
imously adopted
Resolved, That the supervision of the work of
compiling an Elementary Arithmetic be and is
hereby assigned to Professor Ira More.
Res0lred That the supervision of the work of
compiling an Elementary Physiology be and is
hereby assigned to Professor Ira More.
Reselred, That the supervision of the work of
compiling an Elementary Grammar be and is
hereby assigned to Professor C. II. Allen.
Resolced, That Superintendent Ira G. Hoitt,
and Professor C. H. Allen, be and are hereby
appointed as a committee to negotiate for the
purchase of the plates, and right to use the same
in California, for an elementary and advanced
Geography, but without power to complete the
purchase of the same until their action is con-
firmed by this Board.
Resolved, That the Superintendent of Public
Instruction be and is hereby authorized to keep
an edition of at least 10000 of each textbook
on hand. and whenever, by filing orders the
number is reduced below 10000, the Executive
Committee is hereby authorized to make an
additional order on the State Printer for what
books may be necessary to keep up the supply
TO that number